No, you can do anything with menus that you want, including fancy dropdowns, etc.
I will contact you offlist with some screenshots. Jeff On 7/26/05, Connie DeCinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even screen shots might be helpful since I'm concerned that the framework > locks you in with menu placement and such. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Fleitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 4:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Frameworks for simple web sites > > Well, unfortunately I don't work with public-facing sites very much anymore, > so I don't have a lot to show that means anything (yeah, sure Jeff). Most > of the folks on the Plum list appear to be building intranets also, so I am > not sure how much there is to show at this point. You might want to ask on > the Plum list. > > Obviously, the Productivity Enhancement site was totally built with Plum. > Most of the that site is stock starter content, with some customizations. > The pages are generated by the CMS in Plum, from a SQL Server 2000 database. > > I just mothballed a conference registration site earlier this month that I > could bring online temporarily, if we can't find you another. > > > Jeff > > On 7/26/05, Connie DeCinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for all the great feedback so far. Most of the comments > > confirm my thoughts. One hope was by starting with a simple site, it > > might make it easier to swallow learning a new framework. Rather than > > having to bite it all off for a large project the first time. > > > > Jeff, can you provide links to the sites you built with Plum? > > > > > > Constanty "Connie" DeCinko III > > Web Architect, Webmaster, Web Developer Lone Jet Enterprises Glendale, > > Arizona www.LoneJet.com > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Fleitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:44 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Frameworks for simple web sites > > > > Hi Connie, > > > > Plum is overkill for this, only by the fact that it will generate more > > functionality than you need initially, probably. But you can just easily > > ignore the functionality you don't need by simply removing the links in > the > > navbar (leave the content on your development machine so you can use it > > later if you need to).. > > > > I have built a couple small sites with Plum that took about a day to build > > and deploy. I built some content pages for the administrators to work with > > and they were off. > > > > On the plus side, you can generate a starter app in 5 minutes (as you > > know) that has all kinds of starter content that you can just modify or > > discard if you don't need it. The simple, but effective CMS built into > will > > easily let you setup your customer's newsletter, that he can manage > easily. > > Plus you have a complete access control system built in. > > > > There is always that learning curve. But it will be that way with Fusebox > > also, or onTap, or whatever you use. > > > > v/r, > > Jeff Fleitz > > > > > > > > > > On 7/26/05, Connie DeCinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Now that I've had the opportunity to take a closer look at Plum, I can > > > see that it is a very powerful and good code generator/framework for > > > ColdFusion apps. However, for fairly simple sites, it seems to be > > > overkill. I could be wrong. > > > > > > What would you recommend for a simple site that's just a step beyond > > > simple HTML? I have to build a site where the end-user needs to be > > > able to post a newsletter each month and make very minor changes, no > > > e-commerce or embedded apps. I was thinking this might be an excuse > > > to try out a framework but am having second thoughts. > > > > > > > > > Constanty "Connie" DeCinko III > > > Web Architect, Webmaster, Web Developer Lone Jet Enterprises Glendale, > > > Arizona <http://www.lonejet.com/> www.LoneJet.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:212906 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
